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| Born | (1995-01-21) January 21, 1995 (age 30) Boise, Idaho, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (175 cm) | |||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 165 lb (75 kg) | |||||||||||||||||
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| Country | United States | |||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Snowboarding | |||||||||||||||||
| Club | Alaska Pacific University Nordic Center | |||||||||||||||||
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Ben Ferguson (born January 21, 1995) is an American snowboarder from Bend, Oregon.
Career
He won the silver medal at the Winter X Games XX and the bronze medal at the Winter X Games XXII. In 2018, he was named to the U.S. Olympic Snowboarding Team for the 2018 Winter Olympics.
Ben spends most of his summers in Mt. Hood, Oregon teaching young snowboarders during his signature sessions at High Cascade Snowboard Camp. He is sponsored by 10 Barrel Brewing, Burton Snowboards, Redbull, Mt. Bachelor, Anon Optics, and Crabgrab.
Snowboarding career
Men's Halfpipe Competitions
- 2014 X Games Aspen - 5th
- 2015 X Games Aspen - 12th
- 2016 X Games Aspen - 2nd
- 2016 Burton U.S. Open - 2nd
- 2017 U.S. Grand Prix Copper Mountain - 2nd
- 2017 X Games Aspen - 7th
- 2017 Dew Tour - 3rd
- 2018 X Games Aspen - 3rd
- 2018 Burton U.S. Open - 4th
- 2018 U.S. Grand Prix Aspen - 2nd
- 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics - 4th
- 2019 X Games Aspen - 6th
Other Career Highlights
- 2012 Innsbruck Youth Olympics - 1st Halfpipe, 2nd Slopestyle
- 2013 Legendary Banked Slalom Mount Baker
- 2015 Red Bull Double Pipe - 1st place double's contest
- Three-time winner of Danny Davis' Peace Park
References
- ^ "Ben Ferguson". teamusa.org. United States Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on January 25, 2018. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
- "Aspen 2016 Intel Men's Snowboard SuperPipe". Archived from the original on 2016-06-22. Retrieved 2016-01-31.
- "Who is Ben Ferguson?". NBC Universal. January 14, 2018. Archived from the original on January 30, 2018. Retrieved January 29, 2018.
- "High Cascade Snowboard Camp - Signature Sessions™".
External links
- Ben Ferguson at the X Games (archived)
- Ben Ferguson at Olympics.com
- Ben Ferguson at Olympic.org (archived)
- Ben Ferguson at Olympedia (archive)
- Ben Ferguson at Team USA (archived)
- U.S. Snowboarding Profile at the Wayback Machine (archived March 6, 2016)
- Ben Ferguson at Burton Profile
| Youth Olympic champions in snowboarding – boys' halfpipe | |
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- American male snowboarders
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- X Games athletes
- Snowboarders at the 2018 Winter Olympics
- Olympic snowboarders for the United States
- Youth Olympic gold medalists for the United States
- Youth Olympic silver medalists for the United States
- 21st-century American sportsmen
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